Concept: Sublittoral mussel beds on sediment in the eunishabitats vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/eunishabitats/A5.62
Preferred label	Sublittoral mussel beds on sediment
Definition	Sublittoral mussel beds comprised of either the horse mussel [Modiolus modiolus] or the common mussel [Mytilus edulis]. These communities may be sublittoral extensions of littoral reefs or exist independently. Found in a variety of habitats ranging from sheltered estuaries and marine inlets to open coasts and offshore areas they may occupy a range of substrata, although due to the stabilising effect such communities have on the substratum muddy mixed sediments are typical. A diverse range of epibiota and infauna often exists in these communities.
Notation	A5.62
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2014-01-31
Accepted Date	2014-01-31
Not Accepted Date
Editorial note	Proposed new unit (Southampton workshop), with name ("mussel beds") clarified by CEH.
Has broader	A5.6 (Sublittoral biogenic reefs) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has narrower	A5.621 ([Modiolus modiolus] beds with hydroids and red seaweeds on tide-swept circalittoral mixed substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.622 ([Modiolus modiolus] beds on open coast circalittoral mixed sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.623 ([Modiolus modiolus] beds with fine hydroids and large solitary ascidians on very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.624 ([Modiolus modiolus] beds with [Chlamys varia], sponges, hydroids and bryozoans on slightly tide-swept very sheltered circalittoral mixed substrata) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.625 ([Mytilus edulis] beds on sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.626 ([Hiatella arctica] beds on silty clay with small pebbles and shells) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.627 (Baltic mussel beds in the infralittoral photic zone) in biodiversity/eunishabitats A5.628 (Pontic [Mytilus galloprovincialis] beds on sublittoral sediment) in biodiversity/eunishabitats
Has exact match	http://eunis.eea.europa.eu/habitats/2710